The prehospital electrocardiogram in acute myocardial infarction: Is its full potential being realized?

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 498-505

  Canto, John G ^a   Rogers, William J ^a   Bowlby, Laura J ^b   French, William J ^c   Pearce, Douglas J ^a   Douglas Weaver, W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b GENENTECH INC   (United States)

^c HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; CORONARY ARTERY DILATATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPERFUSION;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031055853     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(96)00532-3     Document Type: Article

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